Ex-footballer backs calls for takeaway alcohol ban

Former footballer Percy Johnson has supported a call by Aboriginal women in Fitzroy Crossing, in northern Western Australia, for a ban on takeaway alcohol.

Mr Johnson, who regularly runs health programs in Indigenous communities in the region, says he knows personally of young children in the town who are living in fear of sexual abuse by adults who drink excessively.

The retired pharmacist and Labor supporter has accused Health Minister Jim McGinty of ignoring concerns he raised on the subject three years ago, a claim Mr McGinty has denied.

Mr Johnson says a recent call by women for a ban on takeaway alcohol should be supported by the State Government.

"Labor people are meant to look after people who are battlers and who needed help," he said.

"I mean, these people need help, they need opportunity and they need doors open for them and they need doors like too much grog and too much cannabis closed."